[prev in list] [next in list] [prev in thread] [next in thread] 

List:       suse-programming-e
Subject:    [suse-programming-e] checkinstall
From:       "Carlos E. R." <robin1.listas () tiscali ! es>
Date:       2005-06-14 12:11:22
Message-ID: Pine.LNX.4.61.0506141348050.10019 () nimrodel ! valinor
[Download RAW message or body]

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE-----
Hash: SHA1


Hi,

I'm not a Linux programmer, although some time ago I made my living 
programming. 

Now and then I install things from the tgz. I know that the best way to 
create rpms is to create the appropiate spec file, but as I only want the 
rpm to keep the rpm database happy, and not to distribute them, I haven't 
bothered to learn how. Some day, perhaps O:-)

But I'm having a problem with checkinstall: it doesn't create well the 
"Provides:" and "Requires:" lines, they are incorrect or empty. For 
example, a run with balsa:

sudo /usr/sbin/checkinstall  --arch=i686             \
    --pkggroup=Productivity/Networking/Email/Clients \
    --pkgaltsource=http://balsa.gnome.org/    
...
10 - Provides: [  ]    <==============
11 - Requires: [  ]    <==============

...

Copyright: GPL
Packager:  checkinstall-1.6.0beta3
Group:     Productivity/Networking/Email/Clients
BuildRoot: /home/cer/compilaciones/balsa-2.3.3/buildroot
Provides:  balsa
Requires:  ,/bin/sh         <==============


Obviously, that gives problem when installing the rpm.

I don't know if the problem only happens for me, or it is generalised. It 
happened with my SuSE 9.1 and now with 9.3, for all my runs of 
checkinstall.

Ideas?


P.S.  I did ask about this in SLE. No answer. I hope it is not considered 
      O.T. here.

- -- 
Cheers,
       Carlos Robinson
-----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE-----
Version: GnuPG v1.4.0 (GNU/Linux)
Comment: Made with pgp4pine 1.76

iD8DBQFCrsmBtTMYHG2NR9URAjIbAJ4iamNOC2cZSEINF1mgZgwbz+sf3ACdEtyr
WG+s2Tl9+t9Evehfd0PI08Y=
=50IR
-----END PGP SIGNATURE-----


-- 
To unsubscribe, email: suse-programming-e-unsubscribe@suse.com
For additional commands, email: suse-programming-e-help@suse.com
Archives can be found at: http://lists.suse.com/archive/suse-programming-e

[prev in list] [next in list] [prev in thread] [next in thread]